New book by Prof. Deborah Valenze named among "essential reads on food politics"

""Milk is the place to go to begin understanding how we got from dairy maids to industrial milk production and the current debates about the value of raw." This is a serious work of history with great illustrations."

Also, read an interview with Prof. Valenze, who describes milk as a character, with "a life of its own in history:"

"Milk has always had a life of its own in history. I hope this doesn't sound far-fetched, but I became convinced that milk was a character or agent, able to mystify all the people who were determined to master it. As an organic substance, milk really was alive."